2015

Public Health Funding: State increased or maintained funding for public health from FY 2013 to 2014 and FY 2014 to 2015.

N

Flu Vaccination Rates: State vaccinated at least half of their population (ages 6 months and older) for the seasonal flu from Fall 2014 to Spring 2015.

Y

Childhood Immunization School Requirement Policies: State either excludes philosophical exemptions entirely or requires a parental notification or affidavit to achieve a religious or philosophical exemption for school attendance.

Y

HIV/AIDS Surveillance: State requires reporting of all (detectable and undetectable) CD4 (a type of white blood cell) and HIV viral load data to their state HIV surveillance program.

Vaccinations: Vaccinated at least half of their population (ages 6 months and older) for the seasonal flu for fall 2013 to spring 2014.

N

Climate Change: State currently has completed climate change adaption plans - including the impact on human health.

N

Healthcare-acquired Infections: State performed better than the national standardized infection ratio (SIR) for central line-associated bloodstream infections.

N

Healthcare-acquired Infections: Between 2011 and 2012, state reduced the number of central line-associated blood stream infections.

N

Preparing for Emerging Threats: From 7/113 6/30/14, public health lab reports conducting an exercise or utilizing a real event to evaluate the time for sentinel clinical labs to acknowledge receipt of an urgent message from lab.

Y

HIV/AIDS: State requires reporting of all CD4 and HIV viral load data to their state HIV surveillance program.

Y

Food Safety: State met the national performance target of testing 90 percent of reported Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157 cases within four days.

2013

(1) Increased or maintained level of funding for public health services from FY 2011-12 to FY 2012-13.

Y

(2) Met the HHS goal of vaccinating at least 90 percent of 19- to 35-month-olds against whooping cough.

N

(3) Requires the HPV vaccine for teens -- or funds HPV vaccination efforts or educates the public about the HPV vaccine.

Y

(4) State vaccinated at least half of their population (ages 6 months and older) for the seasonal flu in 2012.

N

(5) State has a complete climate change adaptation plan that include focusing on the impact of human health.

N

(6) State mandates that healthcare facilities in their state report healthcare-associated infections.

Y

(7) Does your public health lab have a plan and capability to handle a significant surge in testing over a six to eight week period in response to an outbreak that increases testing over 300%?

N

(8) Does your public health lab currently have the capacity in place to assure the timely transportation (pick-up and delivery) of samples 24/7/365 days to the appropriate public health Laboratory Response Network (LRN) Reference Laboratory?

N

(9) From July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 did your public health lab evaluate the functionality of your continuity of operations plan (COOP) via a real event or an exercise?

Y

(10) State covers routine HIV screening under their Medicaid programs.

2009

State purchased 50 percent or more of their share of federally-subsidized antivirals.

Y

State health department submitted data on available beds weekly for at least 50 percent of the facilities within their state to HAvBED System as required by ASPR during the 2009 H1N1 response.

N

State public health lab has the capacity in place to assure the timely transportation (pick-up and delivery) of samples 24/7, 365 days to the appropriate public health Laboratory Response Network (LRN) reference laboratory.

Y

State public health lab reports having enough staffing capacity to work five, 12-hour days for six to eight weeks in response to an infectious disease outbreak, such as novel influenza A H1N1.

Y

State has disease tracking system to collect and monitor data electronically via the Internet.

Y

State identified the pathogen responsible for reported foodborne disease outbreaks at a rate that met or exceeded the national average of 46 percent (combined data 2005-2007).

N

State meets the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) readiness criteria.

Y

State requires all licensed childcare facilities to have a multi-hazard written evacuation and relocation plan.

N

State has either enacted entity liability laws or has made a formal and official determination that existing law provides such protections.

N

State increased or maintained level of funding for public health services from FY 2007-08 to FY 2008-09